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Found a little bit of weirdness I thought I'd share. If you [2P/4P Grenade Toss] > YRC, it's possible to YRC before the berry actually comes out, at which point you can try the toss again. But if you do this in Shotgun Stance, the grenade entirely disappears. It doesn't come out, and the timer keeps ticking down, but it won't flash or explode on you. Feels kind of like a bug. Not sure if this is actually useful but it is definitely odd.

Sign me up for BB. I can also bring a PS3 + Monitor (Asus VH238H) + all games. I'd be happy to help out with streaming but I don't know what assistance would be useful.

I played Color #5 (Dark Tsubaki) since CS1, now I don't even have to bring up the color palette menu! Gogo default colors! (With BONUS red hair!)

I can bring one monitor, PS3, P4A, BBEX. (No GGAC+ here yet, waiting on US release.) I also volunteer to assist with the stream. That's kind of my thing!

Sounds like you and I are in pretty similar situations, Shruikon. I'd suggest us two getting some netplay matches in but West Coast USA <-> UK seems iffy at best. (I actually procured a copy of CSE this week, so now I can get my head back in the game. I really do need to get some matches in against Stark, who lives across town... although Stark tends to just whup me in fighting games. Yikes.)

Feeling a little better here. Starting to look forward to EX.

Check your TV's settings to see if there is a way to disable overscan mode. Your TV is expanding the image by 5% to comply with HDTV standards. Most digital displays allow you to set the display to "Full" or some similarly named setting which make the image exactly fit the display.

I did have a lot of mis-inputs due to nerves. A lot of dumb things I did were due to that. I have little tournament experience and it really shows in this match. I was making mistakes and doing things which are very out of character for me. This is not a video of me playing at my best. I'm definitely working on being smarter on wakeup. Relying on DPs and rolls gets me punished way too often. On DPs - I sometimes use 623A > j.214D so that on block or whiff, the D-dive comes out and can catch an unsuspecting opponent. This might not be a great idea, but that's what the attempt was. I pull out the B DP for the useful property that it's guaranteed to come out after 3 frames. C DP I try to catch opponents who think they are too high up to be hit. Xie plays a really aggressive Plat - turtling seemed like a bad idea to me for this match. Given that, what I think I need to do is work on my approach with 2A/5B. Any tips on that? I've been having trouble getting in on opponents who have longer-range normals and are content to space me out, and I don't want to over-rely on 236C. Dropping the 6C on that combo pissed me off so bad. I *never* drop that. I didn't trust myself to get the dashing 2B without dropping the dash input, so I went for the easier 6C but still failed. I've been working on my corner dashes but didn't trust my proficiency with them enough to use in a tournament situation. 3C RC is a good idea, I'll try that on for size. I am very consistent in my IAD execution. I do think I'm in the process of levelling up my gameplay. I've had some more time for matches lately and have played against some skilled PNW players (sure beats netplay). I played about 80 matches against Veteru the other evening and for the first time won a match against his Jin. 1 in 80 doesn't sound like much, but I think it's a sign that I'm finally figuring a few things out.

So, this hurt. My NWM3 singles match versus James Xie was streamed, and I got my ass handed to me. You can see the video here: http://www.twitch.tv/teamkhaos/b/299872699 at about 0h22m00s. My first time on stream, with 64k viewers... yikes. I was nervous, unfamiliar with the Platinum matchup, and doing stupid stuff. My execution was faltering under pressure. I did get a little more level headed as the match progressed, which makes me feel a little better about it. Things I know I did badly: over-reliance on Tsubaki's (terrible) DPs to get out of pressure. My 2Cs got baited mercilessly. I need to either get better at not falling for the bait or just getting out from under falling opponents. (Shades of fuzzy tail, I'd not seen the swallow moon AA bait tactic before.) I was eating lows and overheads all day. Mashing to recover out of hitstun got me counterhit because I wasn't paying attention. Too much 236C(whiff) > 214D when it couldn't possibly connect. A few positive things, I guess: I did manage to land DP > Dive whiff once, though I should have gone for the ground rekka rather than the aerial ender. I also think I had some moments where I applied some decent corner pressure. Thoughts and advice? This is basically me playing at my worst, so I hesitate to post it but... that's why it's probably a good idea to get feedback on this match rather than any others.